Ramchandra Gandhi (9 June 1937 – 13 June 2007) was an Indian

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. He was a grandson of

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

. He was the son of Devdas Gandhi and Lakshmi (daughter of Rajaji), and brother of Rajmohan Gandhi and Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Ramchandra Gandhi obtained his

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

in philosophy from

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where he was a student of Peter Strawson. He is known for founding the philosophy department at the University of Hyderabad. He also taught at

Visva-Bharati University Visva-Bharati (IAST: ''Viśva-Bhāratī''), () is a public central university and an Institute of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it ''Visva-Bharati'', which ...

Panjab University Panjab University (PU) is an Indian collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university. It traces its origins to the University of the Punjab in Lahor ...

, California Institute of Integral Studies in

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, California, and

Bangalore University Bangalore University (BU) is a public state university in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The university is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by University Gra ...

. He died at the India International Centre on 13 June 2007, four days after his 70th birthday.

Bibliography

*''The Availability of Religious Ideas'' (1976) *''I Am Thou: Meditations on the Truth of India'' (1984) *''Sita's Kitchen: A Testimony of Faith and Inquiry'' (1992) *''Svaraj: A Journey with Tyeb Mehta's Shantiniketan Triptych'' (2003) *''Muniya's Light: A Narrative of Truth and Myth'' (2005)

References

Ramchandra 1937 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Indian philosophers Indian male writers Academic staff of Visva-Bharati University Bangalore University alumni {{India-philosopher-stub